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Vitold Fokin

1932 - 2025

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Vitold Pavlovych Fokin (Ukrainian: Віто́льд Па́влович Фо́кін; 25 October 1932 – 20 March 2025) was a Ukrainian politician who served as the first Prime Minister of Ukraine from the country's declaration of independence on 24 August 1991 until 1 October 1992. He had earlier served as the prime minister of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic from 23 October 1990 to 24 August 1991. After Vitaliy Masol was forced to resign, Fokin was appointed the head of the Council of Ministers of the Ukrainian SSR on 17 October 1990. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Vitold Fokin is the 4,031st most popular politician (up from 9,502nd in 2019), the 136th most popular biography from Ukraine (up from 375th in 2019) and the 44th most popular Ukrainian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Vitold Fokin ranks 4,031 out of 19,576. Before him are Shapur III, Ramiro II of León, Gotthard Kettler, Joseph Berchtold, Nakşidil Sultan, and Margaret of France, Duchess of Berry. After him are Boris Shcherbina, Philip I, Prince of Taranto, Tokugawa Tsunayoshi, Gustavo Petro, Violet Jessop, and Hilderic.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Vitold Fokin ranks 75. Before him are John Updike, Renato Martino, Louis Malle, Alfredo Ferrari, Nam June Paik, and Walter Gilbert. After him are Thomas Klestil, Tavo Burat, Corry Brokken, Sonny Liston, Tony Brooks, and Rainer Weiss. Among people deceased in 2025, Vitold Fokin ranks 39. Before him are Peter Lax, Violeta Chamorro, Jochen Mass, Costas Simitis, Ján Zachara, and Alfredo Palacio. After him are Oleg Gordievsky, Alfred Brendel, Luis Galván, Oliviero Toscani, Jules Wijdenbosch, and Joseph Nye.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Vitold Fokin ranks 136 out of 1,365. Before him are Sviatopolk II of Kiev (1050), Milla Jovovich (1975), Oleksandr Turchynov (1964), Vladimir Gelfand (1923), Nikolai Ryzhkov (1929), and Gregory Skovoroda (1722). After him are Boris Shcherbina (1919), Pacatianus (200), Valentyn Sylvestrov (1937), Nikolay Nekrasov (1821), Isaac Stern (1920), and Ephraim Katzir (1916).

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Among POLITICIANS In Ukraine

Among politicians born in Ukraine, Vitold Fokin ranks 44. Before him are Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki (1640), Yevgeny Primakov (1929), Anatoly Lunacharsky (1875), Sviatopolk II of Kiev (1050), Oleksandr Turchynov (1964), and Nikolai Ryzhkov (1929). After him are Boris Shcherbina (1919), Pacatianus (200), Ephraim Katzir (1916), Stanisław Żółkiewski (1547), Vsevolod I of Kiev (1030), and Leo Kanner (1894).

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